Alan Groves, MBChB., M.D.

Alan Groves, MBChB., M.D., received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1996 and undertook postgraduate pediatric training in the U.K. and New Zealand, where he completed a research degree in neonatal echocardiography. After completing his training, Groves worked as an attending in neonatal medicine in London and New York before moving to Austin in 2020.

His primary research interest is in assessing heart function and growth using echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. He was awarded a Medical Research Council (U.K.) Clinician Scientist Fellowship to develop cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and advanced ultrasound techniques in newborns. These techniques have added significantly to the understanding of the pathophysiology of the newborn circulation. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has been awarded $2.5 million in research funding.

Groves is the lead clinician on the Trinity Tube project, a medical device development initiative funded by the University of Texas at Austin’s Discovery to Impact team to develop a “smart” nasogastric feeding tube capable of multiple components of vital sign monitoring to enhance care provision in sick newborns and infants.

Groves is also the director of neonatal research for Dell Med’s neonatal-perinatal fellowship program. He is passionate about applying ultrasound technologies within the NICU to improve care, and he has implemented targeted neonatal echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound techniques in multiple institutions, with a focus on adherence to agreed protocols and robust quality assurance. He creates and leads content on NicuPocus, a website dedicated to point-of-care ultrasound training in the neonatal intensive care environment.